156: Unusual Tiki's
The tiki has a name familiar around the pacific but always refers to a stone statue not a neck ornament...except in NZ. So where did this...
IJ
Jun 13, 2020
Sidestep: The French claim for NZ
Cook arrived in Northland in 1769 but he wasn’t the only European to arrive here. The French were keen on all new lands and the Maori...
MD & IJ
Jun 6, 2020
155: The Red Spear
The above item was found on the Otago Peninsula. It is made of red argillite and is 15cm long. We have said many times that NZ reveals a...
IJ
May 30, 2020
Sidestep: Obsidian is the new black
Obsidian was known to the Maori as Tuhua, the name they also gave to Mayor Island. According to traditional history there were four types...
YM
May 23, 2020
154: The fate of a people here before Polynesians
Ancients chants reveal that around 1250 A.D. a warrior priest named Pa’ao arrived in Hawaii from Tahiti. After some months of traveling...
IJ
May 16, 2020
Sidestep: Climate windows for Polynesian voyages
The Polynesians did a lot of voyaging within a specific window and not much before or after. This is mainly due to natural climate...
YM
May 9, 2020
153: Bones have voices
What will be the most significant find at our new dig, or in the other two if we do ever get in? Artefacts? Something most unexpected or...
IJ
May 2, 2020
Sidestep: Is Ancient DNA Research revealing new truths or falling into old traps?
Original article - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/magazine/ancient-dna-paleogenomics.html The above article was in relation to the...
MD
Apr 25, 2020
152: MoriOri, Melanesia and Mapuche similarities.
I know this has been in the news recently and people will roll their eyes again. Well, that's good exercise for the eyes. We are just...
IJ & MD
Apr 18, 2020
Sidestep: The Palla Adzes
Palla is a name given to a green silicified tuff found by Julius von Haast near Mt Somers in 1864. The term 'palla' comes from Austria...
YM
Apr 11, 2020
